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Beck Leven Foot

lake or loch · Westmorland and Furness

Old EnglishAI-generated

Beck Leven Foot is an Old English name referring to the lower end or mouth of a stream named 'Leven'. 'Beck' is a common term for a stream in northern England.

Word origins

Beck
Old Norsestream, brook(from bekkr "stream, brook")
Leven
Unknownlikely a stream name, possibly of Celtic origin
Foot
Old Englishfoot, end, mouth of a river/stream(from fōt "foot, end, mouth of a river/stream")